I've got a grease pot but I want to convert to the Foster's Can Pot. I'm pretty interested in the Skurka cat can stove.

Should I just use the cat can and turn the Foster's can upside down with the bottom cut off, or is there another sideburner I could make to fit the bottom of the Foster's can?

My main goal here is to not use a pot support other than the stove.

Thanks in advance.

Cat can works fine on a foster's pot. I have even found that it's not terribly inefficient when I used a tall close windscreen. The heat transfer rate on the vertical walls is not as bad as most people think, especially if your windscreen can keep the hot gasses flowing near the vertical wall of the can. Honestly, I think the windscreen is more important than the burner in that kind of setup.

Thanks! Is the pot stable on the 3oz can? I put the 25oz Foster's can on the cat can at the grocery store and it seemed a little wobbly. It's not like any of this will cost too much to try out, I just thought there might be some others here (like Ben)who had already done some leg work.

Edited by tuckerlux on 06/19/2012 08:15:34 MDT.

Stability is not great, but is workable. I have found it fits on the can pretty well. With a base that small, its just not going to be that stable. I just switched to a zelph Starlyte and beer can. Its just $15, is a bit more efficient, and has a windscreen I like a lot. Also, I don't think your winscreen has to be so well-fitted to burn efficiently with this top burner. It has an integrated stand too. fyi

That helps alot! Thanks for the tip on Zelph. His Fancy Feest looks perfect! I just might be inspired...

Edited by tuckerlux on 06/19/2012 09:19:15 MDT.

I tried using a cat food stove with a narrow pot and was disappointed. I ended up making a hybrid supercat/tealight stove that worked well for me. Consider something with a narrower flame.

I use one of Zelph's Venom Super stoves with Fosters/Heiny pots. Works great. Fairly stable. The Super stove is a little heavy (1.6 oz I believe) but tough as nails. Joe

I agree with going with something with a narrower flame on it... something that will concentrate most of the flame beneath the cook pot rather than running up alongside the walls.

Something like the 12-10 alcohol stove from Trail Designs, or one of Tinny's Mini Atomics would do a good job at this. I have one of the Mini Atomics and it works well with my narrow diameter cook pots, such as my Heine pot. However, I made a knock off Mini Atomic with some V8 cans and I like it even better... either way, these types of stoves work very well with narrow diameter cook pots.

Check out Zen Stoves for lots of great ideas. Be sure to check out the chimney or open flame stoves.

http://zenstoves.net/Stoves.htm